WHERE

by Android Tapp Mar 9, 2009 6:19 AM – 20 Comments

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Restaurant reviews, movies, local news, gas prices, weather, friends… WHERE has it all. With WHERE you are up to a local treat. Great travel companion and the most complete local search utility, WHERE helps you discover places and things and connect with people around you.

Price: Free

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Pros & Cons:

Pros

Awesome location based app; find businesses and places near you plus more
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Cons

No user interface brand recognition uniformity within the app

Features:

WHERE Android App bundles many of the location based app capabilities all in one place… and for FREE! Find gas prices, Yellow Pages information, news headlines, movie show times, ZipCar finder, traffic and offers.

WHERE Android App does bring a hint of social networking to the platform via the “Where Wall”, a form of message board to post comments in general or tied to specific features; such as commenting on a particular News Headline.

Since our initial review of WHERE Android App, there has been some additions and improvements to the app. Even some experimental like Weather Pulse, which is there link to social buzz aggregating what other people around the web are saying or tweeting about regarding weather near you. As I note it is experimental as the responses were not necessarily related to my location, but you can get the idea in this screenshot.

: WHERE Start Screen

: WHERE Weather Forecast

: WHERE Weather Finder

: WHERE Gas Prices

: WHERE Gas Prices Details

: WHERE Movie Details

: WHERE Starbucks Finder

: WHERE ZipCar Finder

: WHERE ZipCar Booking Options

Usefulness:

WHERE Android app is very useful for most mobile outing information gathering. What makes it most useful is that many capabilities are in a centralized place and populate at your request based on your current or user specified location.

Ease of Use:

WHERE Android app is simple and easy to use. Tapp a component and the locations with access to detailed information is presented to you versus you going to get it.

Frequently Used:

Depending on your personal needs, it could proof to be used often or on an as needed basis.

Interface:

The user interface is rather all over the place… meaning there is no brand recognition uniformity within the app. At every section there is a different look and feel. More like a mashup of several apps, however we know now more focus is placed on functionality over design (read more in our interview with VP of Tech of WHERE).

AndroidTapp.com Rating

(4.2 out of 5)

Should you Download WHERE? Yes! Definitely should be apart of your Android Mobile Arsenal!

Developer: uLocate

Tags: Android Apps, AndroidTapp.com App Review, gas prices, GPS, Local Searches, Location Based, News Headlines, US Yellow Pages Search, Weather, Where, ZipCar

Categorised in: Travel, Utilities

20 Comments

By Don Tucker on March 9, 2009 at 6:39 am:

I really like Where and recently found it useful while stranded in California waiting for it to stop snowing. Found a place to eat and checked the weather. It is a nice quick, easy to use app. I am waiting for all the extra features to be available

Don
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By Tallbruva on March 9, 2009 at 1:31 pm:

This is a great app!!! Imagine Gasbot, one of the weather apps, the YellowBook app, Movie Finder, and Handstand (for news) all wrapped up in one. Sometimes I find myself using just this particularly if I’m looking for a restaurant and need gas at the same time.

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By asanisimasa on March 26, 2009 at 1:54 pm:

Looks awesome, gets rid of my need for some other apps, plus Yelp and Zipcar, which is great.

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By gardenwife on March 26, 2009 at 5:56 pm:

I use Where several times a week and find it really handy. The only gripe I have is the Topix newsfeeds; when I go to view the full story from within Where, a window opens with the index page of the paper’s webiste, not the story. It ought to open to the story’s URL, not the paper’s main URL.

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By kevin on March 27, 2009 at 11:05 am:

I downloaded it yesterday and, think it’s a very good app. Though, some of the things on there is irrevelant for me, I like the fact one can have a lot of things in front of you at once. I would recommend checking it out also. You can’t beat the price.

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By elaine on April 3, 2009 at 9:52 am:

doesn’t work. won’t find my location so i entered manually. then i tried to use yelp to check restaurants and it went to la-la land and wouldn’t come back.

i see uninstall in the future.

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By Neal on April 6, 2010 at 4:57 am:

Hey, is there anyway to add my home address to Where so I can “check in” when I get home?
LOVE WHERE!!!!
Neal

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By oldsmobubble on April 13, 2010 at 12:57 pm:

I am new to the whole Android phone and market and I am using the Samsung Moment (which I love so far) and I just downloaded the “where” app and I set my GPS to be the default for when I want to get to say a gas station and it doesn’t seem to be working properly, how do i change it?

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By Allan on June 11, 2010 at 3:16 pm:

I can’t find it anywhere in the market place. I enter “Where” in the search box and it does not show. I even went to the andriodtapp.com website on my HTC EVO and an icon shows that say “Download for Droid” but it doesn’t work. Any suggestions???

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- By Danny on June 18, 2010 at 8:23 am:
  
  The developer may not have it viewable to certain phones/carriers from what I’ve heard.
  
  I know it doesn’t show up on the Nexus One AT&T brand cause, and don’t quote me as truth, they have a contract with AT&T for monthly service. So it’s blocked out as being seen, atleast that’s what I’ve gathered cause it doesn’t show up for me either.
  
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By dave on September 14, 2010 at 10:44 am:

I had this app for months and did enjoy it. However, I’ve spent the past week trying to track down the reason for serious battery drain.

As soon as I removed this “where”, I went from losing about 10% battery per hour (not using the phone) to 1%. If I ever get word that this battery consumption problem is fixed, I will use it again but until then, stay away if you like your battery to hold a charge.

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By Brian on October 30, 2010 at 1:54 pm:

Looks great, but after I installed Where my HTC Incredible went into reboot mode and would not stop. Had to un-install and now my phone appears to be back to normal.

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By att HTC Aria on December 22, 2010 at 7:19 pm:

This app is only offering a 7 day trial with a $2.99/mo subscription service.

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By matt on January 17, 2011 at 6:36 am:

how do i remove the where app from my motorola andriod?

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- By Antonio Wells on January 17, 2011 at 7:11 am:
  
  From your Home screen press Menu button then Settings » Applications » Manage applications » WHERE » then Uninstall
  
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  - By June on February 15, 2012 at 4:21 pm:
    
    I followed these instructions, but the “uninstall” button is greyed out. It does not work. Is there any other way to remove the app from my phone?
    
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By Sue Weeks on February 22, 2012 at 2:19 pm:

I had Where on my Blackberry & loved it! Especially when traveling, it helped find gas stations, compare prices, found coffee shops, restaurants and hotels. Now I have an Android & would love to load it, but cant find it anywhere. Help, anyone out there?

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